BLOOD OF THE VINE: SERIES 1

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Crime
• Plot: Benjamin Lebel is a luminary in his field: a renowned wine expert who publishes a keenly-awaited new guide every year. When the local police chief enlists his help in the hunt for a serial killer who combines murders with Grand Crus, Benjamin's intuition and his nose are stimulated by the puzzling case. They both prove infallible as he works his own investigation in the sumptuous settings of the wine-growing regions in France. Bitten by the investigative bug and welcomed by the police as an expert, he seeks out new mysteries to solve in the heart of Bordeaux and in the regions of Cognac and Champagne. Adapted from the crime collection published by Fayard. Blood of the Vine is a series of full-bodied, yet light thrillers!; ; The Tears of Pasquin - It's a puzzling crime scene: the corpse of an old man lies next to a full glass of wine and a cryptic row of empty glasses. The local police chief enlists Benjamin Lebel's help to identify the wine's vintage, and before long he and his assistants are conducting their own parallel investigation.; ; Le Coup de Jarnac - Benjamin and his assistant are turned away when they arrive at the Castle Aludel in Jarnac to audit their books and reserves. But the next day one of the heirs of the family Aludel is found dead on the castle grounds. The timing of the visit and the death seem an unlikely coincidence to Benjamin. ; ; Margaux's Robe - When Benjamin's only daughter and her boyfriend, the sales director of a prestigious Bordelais chateau, are in a car accident, he steps in to investigate once when he learns that sabotage could have been involved. The personal nature of the investigation drives Benjamin to seek justice.; ; Mission in Pessac - Benjamin is called in to investigate the contamination of wine stocks owned by his former assistant. The most likely suspects are a group of investors who are interested in buying his vineyard – not for its wine production but for the land. Benjamin. however. has his own suspicions. ; ;
• Cast: Pierre Arditi; Yoann Denaive; Catherine Demaiffe; Claire Nebout; Vincent Winterhalter; Aladin Reibel; Philippe Beglia; Jean-Christophe Folly; Jean-Marc Roulot; Frédéric Kneip; Hervé Lacroix; Judith Magre; Alexandre Hamidi; Lio; Patrick Bouchitey; Alexandre Brasseur; Stéphane De Groodt; Eric Laugérias; Pierre Cassignard; Agnès Soral; Marisa Berenson; Rufus; Rachel Arditi; Marc Duret; Jacques Frantz; Dominique Pinon; Arnaud Binard; Marc Citti; Julie Ferrier; Jean-François Stévenin; Nicolas Gob; Féodor Atkine; Hélène de Saint-Père; Pierre-Arnaud Juin; Carlo Brandt; Alban Lenoir; Christine Citti; Sophie de Fürst; Grégori Derangère; Didier Flamand; Delphine Rich; Théo Costa-Marini; Didier Sauvegrain; Christian Vadim; Jean-Michel Fête; Nathalie Blanc; Yves Ferry; Lucile Krier; José Paul; Sylvie Audcoeur; Patrick Le Mauff; Joséphine Serre; Jean Benguigui; Nicolas Vaude; Suzanne Aubert; Emilie de Preissac; Alexandra London; Yvon Martin; Sophie Broustal; Erick Deshors; Mathias Maréchal; Benjamin Baroche; Edouard Collin; Charlie Nune; Yann Pradal; Nicolas Moreau; Frédéric Quiring; Lionnel Astier; Frédéric Gorny; Jean-Baptiste Martin; Thierry Nenez; Michel Cassagne; Charles-Roger Bour; Bertrand Farge; Gamil Ratib; Adrien Saint-Joré; Stéphanie Bataille; Nicolas Bridet; Soufiane Guerrab; Khalid Maadour; Pierre Boulanger; Christian Loustau; Constantin Balsan; Anne Serra; Philippe Uchan; Alexandre Varga; Chantal Joblon; Christophe Querry; Benjamin Bollen; Pierre-Yves Bon; Alban Casterman; Raphaël Lenglet; Laurence Masliah; Jean-Yves Chatelais; Pasquale D'Inca; Satya Dusaugey; François Godart; Olivia Brunaux; Murielle Huet des Aunay; Jean-Claude Adelin; Franck Adrien; Camille Aguilar; Valérie Ancel; Juliet Lemonnier; Daniel-Jean Cassagne; Arnaud Ducret; Sean Guégan; Jacques Chambon; Isalinde Giovangigli; Jean-Louis Berard; Nadia Fossier; Didier Poulain; Philippe Caulier; Santha Leng; Marc Bertolini; Claude Lévèque; Moussa Oudjani; Alain Raymond; Hélène Hardouin; Martin Petit-Guyot; Loïc Houdré; Pascal Aubert; Philippe Suberbie; Antoine Bourseiller; Claudine Delvaux; Pauline Kaufling; Virginie Vignon; Christophe Arnulf; Rolland Gervet; Michaël Appourchaux; Olivier Chantreau; Gérard Dubouche; Françoise Goubert; Chantal Ravalec; Angélique Baudrin; Richard Freeth; Fabrice Larue; Igor Skreblin; Gaspard Caens; Raphaël Thierry; Aurora Signo; Estelle Skornik; Franck Beckmann; David Mira-Jover; Anne Cazenave; Mégane Lemiel; Gilles Ségurel; Laurent Giroud; Jacques Ville; Michèle Dascain; Lauriane Riquet; Bruno Lescou; Xavier Pierre; Jeff Bigot; Roger Contebardo; Frédéric Nouhaud; Olivier Dureuil; Géraldine Pochon; Audrey Gbaguidi; Frédéric Bouchet; Sébastien Laurier; Jérôme Thibault; Elisabeth Barbazin; Anne-Gaëlle Jourdain; Stephane Lagoutte; Alain Figlarz; Julien Barbier; Julien Pillet; Guillaume Gascoin; Muriel Coadou; Sébastien Chabane; Régis Rossotto; Loïc Rojouan; Bernadette Truchot; Charlie Joirkin; Brigitte Vastel; Christophe Leve; Grégory Di Meglio; Myriam Moszko; Denis Grison; Christelle Golovine; Marie Mirabel; Ivan Polsky; Elsa Sanchez; Stephane Martinet; Christophe Laubion; Ingrid Mareski; Sophie Mounicot; Beatrice Rosen; Alain Blazquez; Evelyne Bouix; Jérémie Covillault; Salomé Stévenin; Marcel Amont; Jean-Claude Baudracco; Didier Bezace; Patrick Bonnet; Olivier Cabassut; Julien Cafaro; Anne Caillon; Philippe Chaine; Delphine Chanéac; Carole Deffit; Michaël Erpelding; Sébastien Fouassier; Éric Frey; Guillaume Gabriel; Nanou Garcia; Lannick Gautry; Gérard Giroudon; Catherine Hiegel; Atmen Kelif; Mathilde Lebrequier; Roland Marchisio; Laure Marsac; Laure Millet; Julia Molkhou; Denis Rey; Nathalie Villeneuve; Herrade Von Meier; Michel Théboeuf; Marc Rivière; Aruna Villiers; Régis Musset; René Manzor; Jean-Pierre Alaux; Noël Balen; Laurent Blin; Christiane Lebrima; Jacques Lebrima; Nils-Antoine Sambuc; Thierry Surace; Daniel Tonachella; Didier Vinson
• Director: Marc Rivière
• Runtime: 6:14
• Company: MHz Networks
• Media Format: Series